Adhesin (other)
Adhesins are proteins on the surface of living cells that allow the organism to colonize various surfaces and may refer to: *Adhesin molecule (immunoglobulin -like) * Bacterial adhesin *Fungal adhesin See also *Adhesion (other) *Cell adhesion Cell adhesion is the process by which cells interact and attach to neighbouring cells through specialised molecules of the cell surface. This process can occur either through direct contact between cell surfaces such as cell junctions or indir ...

Adhesin Molecule (immunoglobulin -like)
In molecular biology, the adhesin molecule (immunoglobulin-like) is a protein domain. This domain is found in mucosal vascular addressin cell adhesion molecule 1 proteins (MAdCAM-1). These are cell adhesion molecules gene expression, expressed on the endothelium in mucosa that guide the specific homing of lymphocytes into mucosal tissue (biology), tissues. MAdCAM-1 belongs to a subclass of the antibody, immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF), the members of which are ligands for integrins. The crystal structure of this domain has been reported; it adopts an immunoglobulin-like beta-sandwich structure, with seven strands arranged in two beta-sheets in a Greek-key topology. See also *Bacterial adhesin *Cell adhesion *Fungal adhesin References

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Bacterial Adhesin
Adhesins are cell-surface components or appendages of bacteria that facilitate adhesion or adherence to other cells or to surfaces, usually in the host they are infecting or living in. Adhesins are a type of virulence factor. Adherence is an essential step in bacterial pathogenesis or infection, required for colonizing a new host. Adhesion and bacterial adhesins are also a potential target for prophylaxis or treatment of bacterial infections. Background Bacteria are typically found attached to and living in close association with surfaces. During the bacterial lifespan, a bacterium is subjected to frequent shear-forces. In the crudest sense, bacterial adhesins serve as anchors allowing bacteria to overcome these environmental shear forces, thus remaining in their desired environment. However, bacterial adhesins do not serve as a sort of universal bacterial Velcro. Rather, they act as specific surface recognition molecules, allowing the targeting of a particular bacterium to a part ...
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Fungal Adhesin
Fungal adhesins are proteins located on the surface of fungal cells, specifically found on the outside of the cell wall. They allow fungi to colonize various substrates and to bind to host tissues. Adhesion to tissue is an obligatory first step in pathogenesis by many yeasts. Adhesins also have other functions, such as mating and biofilm formation. ''Candida albicans'' ''Candida albicans'' can cause opportunistic oral and genital infections in humans. Hwp1 Hwp1 is a fungal adhesin belonging to the opportunistic dimorphic fungus ''Candida albicans''. Hwp1 is unique among fungal adhesins discovered to date in that it is a mammalian transglutaminase substrate. The host enzyme allows ''C. albicans'' to form covalent bonds to the host tissue via Hwp1. See also *Adhesin molecule (immunoglobulin -like) *Bacterial adhesin Adhesins are cell-surface components or appendages of bacteria that facilitate adhesion or adherence to other cells or to surfaces, usually in the host they are infe ...
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Adhesion (other)
Adhesion is the tendency of certain dissimilar molecules to cling together. Adhesion may also refer to: Biology * Adhesion (medicine), a fibrous band that forms between tissues and organs * Cell adhesion, the binding of a cell to another cell or to a surface or matrix * Focal adhesion, a type of macromolecular assembly in cell biology * Interthalamic adhesion, a band connecting the brain's two thalami * Adhesion barrier Other * Rail adhesion, a type of railway * Adhesion contract, in law * Adhesion (Politics) See also * Adhesive * Cohesion (other) Cohesion may refer to: * Cohesion (chemistry), the intermolecular attraction between like-molecules * Cohesion (computer science), a measure of how well the lines of source code within a module work together * Cohesion (geology), the part of shear ...